Cybersecurity Goals Conflict With Business Aims
Security Boulevard, Friday, September 15,2023
Cybersecurity is often out of sync with business goals, according to a study conducted by Forrester Consulting, which found 97% of organizations face challenges in trying to align cybersecurity priorities with business outcomes.
More than nine in 10 respondents (93%) said their organizations struggle with measuring their cybersecurity performance in relation to business outcomes.
The challenge to align cybersecurity and business goals was most pronounced by financial services and insurance (47%) and media, entertainment and leisure industries (also 47%), followed by retail and wholesale (43%) and utilities and telecommunications (38%) verticals.
Piyush Pandey, CEO at Pathlock, explained that cybersecurity is often aligned with preventative measures and is considered successful when nothing happens to the company.